An Act concerning community colleges; affecting determination
of operating grants;

amending K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 71-620 and repealing the
existing section.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Section 1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 71-620
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 71-620. (a) In each fiscal year, commencing with the 2001
fiscal
year, each community college is entitled to an operating grant from
the
state general fund in an amount to be determined by the state
board. The
state board shall:

(1) Determine the average amount of
moneys from the state general
fund expended per FTE lower division undergraduate student in
the
preceding fiscal year at the regional state educational
institutions;

(2) (A) in the 2001 fiscal year,
compute 50% of the amount deter-
mined under (1); (B) in the 2002 fiscal year, compute 55% of the
amount
determined under (1); (C) in the 2003 fiscal year, compute 60% of
the
amount determined under (1); in the 2004 fiscal year and in each
fiscal
year thereafter, compute 65% of the amount determined under
(1);

(3) determine the total number of FTE
students of all the communitycolleges;

(3)(4) multiply
the amount computed under (2) by the total number
of FTE students of the community collegedetermined under (3). The
product is the total amount of the
operating grantgrants the communitycollege iscolleges are entitled to receive
for the fiscal year.

(5) Each community college which is
not an officially designated areavocational school shall receive an amount equivalent to the
differencebetween credit hour state aid received in the 1999 fiscal year
for credithours in any subject or course approved as a vocational
education subjector course and 11/6 times the amount of credit hour state aid
received inthe 1999 fiscal year for credit hours in any subject or course
approved asa vocational education subject or course. The amount determined
underthis provision shall be distributed in equal installments in the
2001through 2004 fiscal years as a part of the community college's
operatinggrant, but shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A.
71-204, andamendments thereto.

(6) In each fiscal year, the state
board, for the purpose of allocatingthe amount determined under (4) to the community colleges, shall
deductthe total of the amounts determined under (5) from the amount
deter-mined under (4).

(7) In the 2001 fiscal year, the
remaining balance determined under(6) shall be allocated to each community college according to
the ratio thetotal amount of state aid received by the community college in
the 2000fiscal year bears to the total amount of state aid received by
all communitycolleges in the 2000 fiscal year, subject to adjustments for
changes in eachcommunity college's FTE enrollment from the 2000 fiscal year to
the 2001fiscal year.

(8) In the 2002 fiscal year and in
each fiscal year thereafter, the re-maining balance determined under (6) shall be allocated to each
com-munity college according to the ratio the amount of the
operating grantreceived by the community college in the prior fiscal year bears
to thetotal amount of operating grants received by all community
colleges inthe prior fiscal year, subject to adjustments for changes in
each communitycollege's FTE enrollment from the prior fiscal year to the
current fiscalyear.

(b) In each fiscal year, commencing with
the 2003 fiscal year, each
community college is eligible to receive a quality performance
grant from
the state general fund. If the state board determines that the
community
college has demonstrated effectiveness in complying with its role
and
mission statement and has met or exceeded the core indicators of
quality
performance for community colleges identified and approved by the
state
board, the community college shall receive a quality performance
grant
in an amount which shall be determined by the state board by
computing
2% of the amount of the operating grant the community college
received
in the preceding fiscal year. The computed amount is the amount of
the
quality performance grant the community college shall receive for
the
fiscal year.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the
FTE enrollment of the com-
munity college shall be based on: (1) Enrollment of students who
are
residents of the state of Kansas, or are considered residents of
the state
of Kansas pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 71-407,
and
amendments thereto; and (2) the greater of FTE enrollment of the
com-
munity college in the current fiscal year or FTE enrollment in the
pre-
ceding fiscal year.

(d) As used in this section, the term
regional state educational insti-
tutions means Emporia state university, Fort Hays state university
and
Pittsburg state university and the term lower division
undergraduate stu-
dent means a freshman or sophomore.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 71-620 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its
publication in the statute book.